Nigeria, March 13 -- The Nigerian government has banned Boeing's 737 Max 8 aircraft from operating in its airspace.

The decision was announced by the Minister of Aviation (State), Hadi Sirika, at the end of the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), which held Wednesday in Abuja.

The meeting was chaired by President the Muhammadu Buhari.

Addressing journalists at the end of the meeting, Mr Sirika said the decision follows the recent crash involving the aircraft type owned by Ethiopian Airline.

The crash killed all 157 persons on board on Sunday morning. The flight was heading for Nairobi, Kenya.

The Ethiopian crash occurred about five months after Indonesia's Lion Air-operated Boeing 737 Max also crashed into sea kill...